December 1, 2013
Corporate CEOs with huge guaranteed salaries have no real stake in the company. It is no big thing to them if the company prospers or fails--they get paid first no matter what. If I were investing in stocks I would want to know exactly what the company executives are paid. It would make a difference whether I buy stock in a particular company or not. The workers in the company know whether the CEO supports them or not and work harder if the CEO is working with them, not against them.
I support Dodd-Frank rule 953(b), which strikes me as being all about the intersection of pay equity and investor value.
American workers are more productive than ever, but, year after year, studies show working Americans earning less and less, even as CEO pay balloons and corporate profits soar.
Disclosing corporate pay ratios between CEOs and average employees will finally show which corporations are driving this trend, which siphons money away from investors, and into the pockets of CEOs. In 1990, senior executive pay absorbed 5 percent of corporate profits. Today, according to Government Metrics International, it absorbs 10 percent.
Fairer pay structures mean stronger companies and a stronger economy – both of which are important to me as a consumer and as an investor.
No doubt there are a select few who benefit from the status quo of keeping the pay disparities undisclosed. No doubt there are a select few who benefit from the status quo of keeping the pay disparities undisclosed. But you must protect the American public, not the interests of CEO executives.
I urge you to stand firm and implement a strong rule that will uphold the intent of the Dodd-Frank law.
Thank you for considering my comment,
Tim Judy
Kathy Klonecky
Rosemount, MN